2006-06-28 23:34:59 · 4 answers · asked by jedster93 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
While Schroeter may have been the first person to view Mercury through a telescope, jorganos is right, it is a naked eye planet and has been known for thousands of years before the telescope was invented.
2006-06-29 02:12:29 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johann Hieronymus Schroeter was the first to observe the planet Mercury
and record detailed drawings of Mercury's surface features. Schroeter
lived from 1745 to 1816. Unfortunately, his sketches were not very
accurate.
2006-06-29 06:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bear Naked 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johann Hieronymus Schroeter
2006-06-29 07:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by hkyboy96 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury was known to the ancients. It is visible to the naked eye.
2006-06-29 06:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by jorganos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋